צָעַר tsâʻar — to be small, i.e. (figuratively) ignoble
Translated in the KJV as be brought low, little one, be small.
a primitive root; to be small, i.e. (figuratively) ignoble.
tsâʻar in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Participle (active) 1
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›